FutureLearnData: R data package for the Data to Insight MOOC

This package is primarly created for use with iNZight.

Contents

The R package contains these datasets:

• Gapminder
  • gapminder, data from 1952--2012
  • gapminder-2008, data for just 2008
• NHANES
  • nhanes2009_2012, modified data from 2009--2012
  • nhanes_1000_50, nhanes_1000, nhanes_2000, the first 50, 1000, and 2000 rows, respectively
• olympics100m, some olympics data
• Week 7 Datasets
  • CanadaPop, an experiment
  • CocaineTrtmtExpt, CocaineTrtmtExpt-2Trt, CocaineTrtmtExpt-2Trt_D_P, CocaineTrtmtExpt_Lith_Desip, an experiment and each two-treatment subset
  • LightatNight, an experiment on mice
  • MindsetMatters, an experiment on mindset effects on placebo
  • SleepDeprivationExpt, an experiment on sleep deprivation
• Week 7 Datasets (time series)
  • Actual_VisitorArrivalsMonthlyFrom1998, monthly arrivals into New Zealand by country of origin
  • Actual_VisitorArrivalsQuarterlyFrom1998, quarterly arrivals into New Zealand by country of origin
  • AverageVisitorsMonthly, average monthly visitors by country of origin
  • AverageVisitorsQuarterly, average quarterly visitors by country of origin

Usage

To load, for example, the "Gapminder 2008" data set, just run these commands in R:

library(FutureLearnData)
data('gapminder-2008')